In the Khmer region of Tuva, a quarantine was introduced due to a case of cattle infection with anthrax. This was reported on the official portal of the Republic of Tyva.
It is reported that the head of Tuva, Vladislav Khovalyg, ordered the introduction of restrictive measures “in the town of Ush-Khady-Emektig, near the village of Tselinnoye, the Red region”.
The anthrax-causing agent was found in a cow at a local resident’s private farm. The test results were received on May 17 and showed a positive result.
The interdepartmental commission in the focus of infection takes the necessary sanitary-epidemiological and anti-epizoootic measures.
In April, Sergey Dankvert, head of the Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (Rosselkhoznadzor), following the conclusions of the departmental board declarationThat there is no threat of the spread of anthrax in Russia, the recorded cases are stopped quickly. However, he also explained that the cases of infection were due to the fact that the owners did not show the cattle to the veterinarians.